Time is like headlights. We mistake it for stars. Not wanting to tell you—I do. And nothing— not the vodka on the plane, nor the sound of my suitcase rolling me in can seduce my shames to silence. On the roof you tell me you could love me. Your hands stretch my dress, that […]
Tess Congo
Tess Congo's work has appeared in Publisher's Weekly, PANK magazine, Curlew Quarterly, Luna Luna Magazine, Bowery Gothic, and the anthology Ripe (forthcoming). She's been the recipient of the Frederick Hyde Hibberd Scholarship, the Colie Hoffman Prize, and scholarship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She earned her MFA in poetry from Hunter College.